r/Firefighting • u/mrgooseyboy • Jan 08 '25

Photos Iranian firefighters

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u/biker26 Jan 08 '25

How do you figure that?? Because of the prisoner crews that cal fire utilizes??

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u/WoodSharpening Jan 08 '25

among others, at least 14 states use prisonners crews.

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u/biker26 Jan 08 '25

As far as the prisoners utilized by cal fire, idk about other states, but those inmate firefighters signed up for that program and a large number have joined Cal Fire as full time firefighters after being released!! Not a single one of them are being forced to fight fires with Cal Fire

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u/WoodSharpening Jan 08 '25

fair enough, my choice of word was not accurate there. thanks for the correction.